Looking for a friendly atheist - Think Atheist2015-03-31T22:56:44Zhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/forum/topics/looking-for-a-friendly-atheist?commentId=1982180%3AComment%3A1251797&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAs you are probably aware alo…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-01-30:1982180:Comment:12539322013-01-30T01:36:53.914ZPeta Mhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/PetaM
<p>As you are probably aware alot of people use real names on facebook sorry to be a downer not me personally because i don't care who knows I'm an Atheist but Facebook seems a very bad forum for such a request opens one to being targeted by nutjobs and fundys some might say, also those Atheists that live in not so understanding communities could be adversly affected ....</p>
<p>As you are probably aware alot of people use real names on facebook sorry to be a downer not me personally because i don't care who knows I'm an Atheist but Facebook seems a very bad forum for such a request opens one to being targeted by nutjobs and fundys some might say, also those Atheists that live in not so understanding communities could be adversly affected ....</p> right on Karltag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-01-26:1982180:Comment:12520702013-01-26T18:19:50.164ZSarah Jane Hallhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/SarahJaneHall
<p>right on Karl</p>
<p>right on Karl</p> He could create a whole new F…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-01-26:1982180:Comment:12518722013-01-26T14:55:22.961ZJames Coxhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/JamesCox
<p>He could create a whole new FB page, called 'Theist-Atheist Dialogues'. If they can't talk with each other directly it could be turned into Monologues. Think 'Vagina Monologues', for Theists and Atheists. LOL</p>
<p>He could create a whole new FB page, called 'Theist-Atheist Dialogues'. If they can't talk with each other directly it could be turned into Monologues. Think 'Vagina Monologues', for Theists and Atheists. LOL</p> Doug
I used the term "conside…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-01-26:1982180:Comment:12518662013-01-26T12:32:43.308ZKarl Mugelehttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/KarlMugele
<p>Doug</p>
<p>I used the term "considered atheist" meaning how you were an atheist, not how others considered you. I am sure there are some who consider me a good man and others a bad man, some consider me intelligent and others a moron, but their opinions are no proof of who I am or my capabilities.</p>
<p>An atheist can simply be someone who's never thought about it, or a someone who understands there is no god or gods and why. The former could be indoctrinated, the latter cannot.</p>
<p>So…</p>
<p>Doug</p>
<p>I used the term "considered atheist" meaning how you were an atheist, not how others considered you. I am sure there are some who consider me a good man and others a bad man, some consider me intelligent and others a moron, but their opinions are no proof of who I am or my capabilities.</p>
<p>An atheist can simply be someone who's never thought about it, or a someone who understands there is no god or gods and why. The former could be indoctrinated, the latter cannot.</p>
<p>So from what you say, you felt you weren't doing a good job of managing your life and chose the christian "philosophy". Why that and not Buddhism, or Confuscianism..or just plain old secular philosophy??</p>
<p>Using the christian or other religions path in life is not necessarily bad as long as you don't go spreading the lies, but it's unnecessary.</p>
<p>And you don't describe how you came to believe in the impossible...the supernatural beings. You are saying that you came to believe in something that as an atheist, you would have known to be a fantasy.</p>
<p>And the process you describe...why would you follow a process to believe unless you believed already...your response makes no sense to me at all.</p> @josiah vanvilet - Well, ther…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-01-26:1982180:Comment:12519412013-01-26T07:38:52.769ZSuzanne Olson-Hydehttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Suzanne
<p>@josiah vanvilet - Well, there you go, you are taking exactly the theist path, pick what you like and ignore the bits you don't like. Which is OK, it is just that I, personally, me, cannot ignore the bad bits, when the good bits are also attributed to the blokes who also commit atrocities. If you are able to do that, good for you.</p>
<p>I also, just don't have the patience to pick out the good bits, or to decide for my moral code, which is good and which is bad.</p>
<p>Some people want to…</p>
<p>@josiah vanvilet - Well, there you go, you are taking exactly the theist path, pick what you like and ignore the bits you don't like. Which is OK, it is just that I, personally, me, cannot ignore the bad bits, when the good bits are also attributed to the blokes who also commit atrocities. If you are able to do that, good for you.</p>
<p>I also, just don't have the patience to pick out the good bits, or to decide for my moral code, which is good and which is bad.</p>
<p>Some people want to play with snakes and drink poison - good or bad</p>
<p>Prince of Peace said - But now if you have a purse, take it and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. Luke 22:36 - good or bad</p>
<p>Prince of Peace, again - And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them - Jer 13:14 - good or bad</p>
<p>So,do I ignore the ten commandments, not enough morals and ethics there - not enough there to me engaged, or to think they are wonderful rules to engage my life. I, personally, me, would like to go through the other 633 commandments, but, yet again, don't have the patience, and they will be just as dumb no doubt.</p>
<p>So, who chooses what is good in the bible, don't care who, actually. I have my moral and ehics code, don't need to cherry pick a book, written over hundreds of years.<br/> People who do read the bible and find it appalling, vicious, terrifying, misogynistic, already have their moral codes well in place, that is why they find the theists books of every persuasion, lessons in history, and how superstitious, old, tribal, illiterate men of the day conducted themselves, which, by my standards, just not good enough.</p>
<p>Religion Poisons Everything - Christopher Hitchens.</p>
<p>I've added that, just because I like it, and it is true.</p> @Milos Cakovan - Yep, jesus w…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-01-26:1982180:Comment:12518602013-01-26T07:31:16.919ZSuzanne Olson-Hydehttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Suzanne
<p>@Milos Cakovan - Yep, jesus was a ghost at some stage - man's imagination knows no bounds.</p>
<p>@Milos Cakovan - Yep, jesus was a ghost at some stage - man's imagination knows no bounds.</p> right on...that is my favtag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-01-26:1982180:Comment:12518592013-01-26T07:00:33.554ZSarah Jane Hallhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/SarahJaneHall
<p>right on...that is my fav</p>
<p>right on...that is my fav</p> Say, are you related to Capt.…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-01-26:1982180:Comment:12518342013-01-26T04:21:06.162ZUnseenhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/Unseen
<p>Say, are you related to Capt. Beefheart?</p>
<p>Say, are you related to Capt. Beefheart?</p> My pleasure --tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-01-26:1982180:Comment:12517672013-01-26T04:19:36.831Zarchaeopteryxhttp://www.thinkatheist.com/xn/detail/u_2gskiyna07rt3
<p>My pleasure --</p>
<p>My pleasure --</p> I take your point, I have beh…tag:www.thinkatheist.com,2013-01-26:1982180:Comment:12519152013-01-26T03:37:36.289Zjosiah vanvliethttp://www.thinkatheist.com/profile/josiahvanvliet
<p>I take your point, I have behaved poorly here, thank you for pointing that out. </p>
<p>I take your point, I have behaved poorly here, thank you for pointing that out. </p>